Insensitivity Toward Homeless

May 1, 2006|August West Fort Lauderdale

Re your April 23 cover story about the cowardly spoiled brats accused of getting their kicks from taking baseball bats to defenseless men in their sleep: I was disgusted at first light of this story and I get even more disgusted every time I think about it.

This time I was equally disgusted at the ignorance of their friend, Johnny Aiello, and his comments toward his "lack of sensitivity" toward homeless people and how it's their fault that their lives went that way. Johnny's thoughts are the definitive example of humanity's lack of understanding of itself.

I have befriended many homeless men and women near and far, and one thing I have learned is that these people's reasons for their homelessness are rarely to never of their own accord. These folks were framed, disbarred, fired, sought after for vengeance, abandoned and in a lot of cases, have had mental breakdowns after family or marital problems.

I for one have a lack of sympathy but feel very sorry for people like Mr. Aiello for having absolutely no clear or humane knowledge of the world around them. I hope that one day, if justice and karma take their righteous form, all four of these kids are rendered homeless beyond their control and when a bunch of ignorant, spoiled brats harass them and justify their actions with "They're only bums," then hopefully one of these kids will understand.